Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Hidden by David Harsent | 20150607 | An original short story by the poet David Harsent. Read by Pippa Haywood.
A new series in which poets adapt their own poems into short stories. 'Hidden' springs from David Harsent's poem sequence 'A Dream Book', from his collection 'Fire Songs', which won the 2014 TS Eliot Prize for Best Poetry Collection.
David Harsent has published twelve volumes of poetry, most recently Salt (2017), Fire Songs (2014) and Night (2011), which won the Griffin International Poetry Prize, all from Faber & Faber. He is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Roehampton and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Written by David Harsent
An original short story by poet David Harsent, springing from his poem A Dream Book. Writers best known as poets adapt their own poems into short stories. | |
| 01 | Hidden by David Harsent | 20150607 | 20200926 (R4) | An original short story by the poet David Harsent. Read by Pippa Haywood.
A new series in which poets adapt their own poems into short stories. 'Hidden' springs from David Harsent's poem sequence 'A Dream Book', from his collection 'Fire Songs', which won the 2014 TS Eliot Prize for Best Poetry Collection.
David Harsent has published twelve volumes of poetry, most recently Salt (2017), Fire Songs (2014) and Night (2011), which won the Griffin International Poetry Prize, all from Faber & Faber. He is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Roehampton and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Written by David Harsent
An original short story by poet David Harsent, springing from his poem A Dream Book. Writers best known as poets adapt their own poems into short stories. |
| 02 | A Potion by Jacob Polley | 20150614 | An original short story by the poet Jacob Polley, read by Bryan Dick.
A new series in which poets adapt their own poems into short stories. 'A Potion' springs from Jacob Polley's poem 'The Remedy', from his 2003 collection 'The Brink'.
Jacob Polley was born in Carlisle, Cumbria. He is the author of four books of poems, The Brink (2003), Little Gods (2006), The Havocs (2012) and Jackself (2016) all published by Picador, as well as a novel, Talk of the Town.
Written by Jacob Polley
Poet Jacob Polley unpacks one of his poems into an original short story. Writers best known as poets adapt their own poems into short stories. | |
| 02 | A Potion by Jacob Polley | 20150614 | 20201003 (R4) | An original short story by the poet Jacob Polley, read by Bryan Dick.
A new series in which poets adapt their own poems into short stories. 'A Potion' springs from Jacob Polley's poem 'The Remedy', from his 2003 collection 'The Brink'.
Jacob Polley was born in Carlisle, Cumbria. He is the author of four books of poems, The Brink (2003), Little Gods (2006), The Havocs (2012) and Jackself (2016) all published by Picador, as well as a novel, Talk of the Town.
Written by Jacob Polley
Poet Jacob Polley unpacks one of his poems into an original short story. Writers best known as poets adapt their own poems into short stories. |